Ballet news, history and current views are presented along with information on the projects of Valery Lantratov and the Russian National Ballet Foundation. Maintained by the artist's U.S. manager and the author of A Child's Introduction to Ballet.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

We ran out of copies of our book, A Child's Introduction to Ballet, towards the end of last week. If you were interested in getting a copy autographed by Valery Lantratov, but missed out, you can order directly from us online, and we will ship you an autographed copy as soon as we have restocked.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

We have updated our online calendar. Our winter schedule is now completely full and we cannot add any more classes at this point. Contact us now about summer, as our summer 2010 schedule is also filling up quickly.

We look forward to seeing many familiar faces and to making new friends in new parts of the country.

Monday, January 4, 2010

We are leaving for our winter tour on Wednesday and look forward to seeing everyone. We love to hear your comments on our blog, unfortunately, we have been getting several spam comments per day and moderating them has become too much of a problem so we have had to turn the comments off. If you would like to connect with Valery Lantratov, look for him on Twitter or Facebook where you can still send messages.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Dance Quote of the Day

The Dancer's Quote Book

Full of observation and advice from dancers such as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Martha Graham, Gregory Hines, Anna Pavolva and more The Dancer's Quote Book focuses on everything from practical technique to the emotional highs and lows of a dancer's life. It is available now through Lulu.com.

A Child's Introduction to Ballet

This book by Laura Lee with contributions by Valery Lantratov combines the mesmerizing stories of the world’s great ballets with fun facts, dancing how-tos, history, profiles— all accompanied by charming original watercolors, accompanied by corresponding tracks on an enclosed CD. Order your copy online today directly from the author.

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